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Compost with spent mushroom substrate and chicken manure enhances rice seedling quality and reduces soil-borne pathogens
AbstractUsing cultivated soils for rice seedlings can reduce the sustainability of arable land and thus giving negative impacts to food production....
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Understory bamboo removal impacts on woody seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems: a meta-analysis
BackgroundTree seedling regeneration in forests is often hindered by the competitive influence of dense understory bamboo competition. While...
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Maternal Nutrient History Enhances Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Seedling Growth After Propagules Experience a Hard Freeze
Climate change is a primary driver of tropical mangroves colonizing temperate salt marshes in the Gulf of Mexico. Studies indicate that threshold...
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Understorey Seedling Bank in Forest Areas with a Differing Period of Recovery in Mabira Central Forest Reserve, South Central Uganda
Seedling banks are very important in forest regeneration following forest disturbances such as crop cultivation. In 2011 and 2013 the Uganda National...
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Coupling and Decoupling of Reproduction and Larval Recruitment
Stock-recruitment relationships for managing commercial fisheries are difficult to measure and notoriously poor, so marine ecologists have relied on...
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Recruitment pattern in an isolated small population of the Mediterranean dwarf shrub Satureja thymbra L. and implication for conservation
The recruitment pattern of Satureja thymbra (Lamiaceae), in a single and isolated population in Sardinia, was experimentally investigated by...
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The Ability of Ruppia polycarpa to Regenerate from Seed Depends on Seasonal Porewater Salinity Dynamics and Declining Winter Rainfall Could Delay Recruitment
For many plants, regeneration from seed is vital for population recovery. Climate change is modifying the global hydrological cycle and a primary...
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Himalaya to Hengduan: dynamics of alpine treelines under climate change
Alpine treelines serve as vital indicators of the impacts of climate change on tree growth and forest distribution. They offer valuable insights into...
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Seed Burial Alleviates Wave Energy Constraints on Zostera marina (Eelgrass) Seedling Establishment at Restoration-Relevant Scales
Bottlenecks for successful seedling establishment can be both biotic and abiotic, and understanding the contribution of these processes is important...
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An arrow in the quiver: evaluating the performance of Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. in different light levels
BackgroundHyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit., native to the American tropics, is a pantropical annual plant and a major invasive species throughout India....
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Cascading effect of source limitation on the granivore-mediated seed dispersal of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in secondary forest ecosystems
BackgroundGranivore-mediated seed dispersal is susceptible to changes in seed availability and silvicultural management, which alters synzoochorous...
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How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration? A systematic review protocol
BackgroundForest landscape restoration (FLR), often through tree planting, is one of the priorities in many global and national initiatives for...
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Success of post-fire plant recovery strategies varies with shifting fire seasonality
Wildfires are increasing in size and severity and fire seasons are lengthening, largely driven by climate and land-use change. Many plant species...
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Effects of logging on the trade-off between seed and sprout regeneration of dominant woody species in secondary forests of the Natural Forest Protection Project of China
BackgroundPromoting natural regeneration (including seed and sprout regeneration) of dominant woody species is essential for restoring secondary...
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Abiotic and Biotic Interactions Control Ruppia maritima Life History Development Within a Heterogeneous Coastal Landscape
Habitat-forming submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in estuaries increasingly depend on sexual recruitment from propagules for population...
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Targeting Sagebrush (Artemisia Spp.) Restoration Following Wildfire with Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) Nest Selection and Survival Models
Unprecedented conservation efforts for sagebrush ( Artemisia spp.) ecosystems across the western United States have been catalyzed by risks from...
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Quality evaluation of Nothofagus pumilio seeds linked to forest management and climatic events
BackgroundForest ecosystems undergo significant transformations due to harvesting and climate fluctuations, emphasizing the critical role of seeding...
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Towards an agroecological approach to crop health: reducing pest incidence through synergies between plant diversity and soil microbial ecology
Given environmental, economic, and social costs of unilateral chemical and biotechnological interventions to control pests, there is an urgent need...
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Native Riparian Plant Species Dominate the Soil Seedbank of In-channel Geomorphic Features of a Regulated River
Flow regulation impacts on riparian vegetation composition, often increasing the prevalence of exotic and terrestrial plant species. Environmental...
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Pollination and Dispersal in Fragmented Landscape
Pollination and dispersal are some of the important ecological functions of an ecosystem. Above 90% of all flowering plant species are pollinated by...